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Encephalartos manikensis (Gilliland) Gilliland

Gorongowe cycad (en)

Species

Gymnosperms > Cycadales > Zamiaceae > Encephalartos

Characteristics

Leaves up to 2 x 0.35 m., straight; median leaflets mostly 12–15 x2.5 cm. and characteristically narrowly elliptic, sometimes up to 19 x 3.5 cm. and narrowly lanceolate, margin usually with 2–4 divergent spines on each side towards the base or rarely entire; leaflets reducing in size and becoming ovate towards the leaf-base, ultimately reduced to short simple spines; petiole 5–10 cm. long.
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Female cones up to 53 x 18 cm., green; median scales at right angles to axis, c. 5 cm. long with slightly deflexed heads, glabrous; heads dorsiventrally flattened and blunt, deltoid in outline with curving acute-angled margins, terminal facet concave.
Median male cone-scales at right angles to the axis, with their heads slightly deflexed; heads bluntly triangular in outline with curving acute-angled margins, terminal facet concave.
Seeds about 3.5 cm. long, broadly ellipsoid, scarlet, darkening with age.
Trunk up to 1.5 m. tall.
Life form perennial
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Foliage retention evergreen
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Mature height (meter) 1.5
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Nitrogen fixer nostocaceae
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Images

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Distribution

Encephalartos manikensis world distribution map, present in Mozambique

Conservation status

Encephalartos manikensis threat status: Vulnerable

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:297114-1
WFO ID wfo-0000667422
COL ID 39NDL
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Encephalartos manikensis Encephalartos gratus var. manikensis
WorldFloraDB 2024